1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 2:50 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 350 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2002 STUBBORN STORM SYSTEM ALOFT IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA MAKING VERY SLOW PROGRESS TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING AND MOVING SLOWLY. GIVEN SLOW STORM MOVEMENT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ANYWHERE THIS EVENING. FOR EXAMPLE...HAD MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING IN SMALL AREA OF WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY. HIGHWAY 274 BARRICADED FOR A TIME DUE TO HIGH WATER. SYSTEM ALOFT WILL BRING CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT/THURSDAY BEFORE FINALLY MOVING SOUTH AND EAST OF REGION. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER ARKANSAS FROM THE PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND WILL PROMISE DRY/WARMER WEATHER. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE NORTH BY WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MENTIONED IN THE FORECAST. FCSTID = 46 HRO 63 78 63 85 / 30 30 20 10 LIT 66 81 66 86 / 40 40 20 10 HOT 66 81 66 87 / 40 30 20 10 PBF 67 82 67 86 / 50 50 30 10 .LZK...NONE.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 AM 5 NW WOODBERRY AR FLOOD
05/29/02 CALHOUN COUNTY ROADS FLOODING.
1230 PM 5 NW WOODBERRY AR FLOOD
05/29/02 CALHOUN HIGHWAY 224 BARRICADED
IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0500 PM NEWPORT AR FLOOD
05/29/02 JACKSON STREET FLOODING IN
NEWPORT WITH NUMEROUS
ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE
HIGH WATER. HIGHWAY 14
WEST CLOSE TO BEING
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
FLOODING OR ROADS NEAR
JACKSON-WHITE COUNTY
LINES.The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding to occur in the Warren area. Several roads were covered by high water for a few hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5295998.